Bishop Cornish CofE VA Primary School
General Information
- Address: Lynher Drive, Saltash, PL12 4PA – View on map
- Phone: 01752845463
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Tracey Fletcher
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 16 families put it first for 16 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 16 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 35
- % eligible for free school meals: 17.9%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the Cornwall average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14.6% a year (Cornwall 17%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 17% moved to another school, 83% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Cornwall: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 9 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Cornwall, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 15 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 28% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 32 percentage points below the Cornwall average (60%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 43% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 43%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 66% · Writing 78% · Maths 44% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 100
- Based on: 32 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 201st of 209 junior and primary schools in the area
- #199Foxhole Learning Academy30%
- #200Nanpean Community Primary School29%
- #201Bishop Cornish CofE VA Primary School28%
- =202Boyton Community Primary School25%
- =202St Mark's CofE Academy25%
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9th of 166 primary schools in Cornwall for Ofsted rating
- #7Berrycoombe SchoolGood
- #8Bishop Bronescombe CofE SchoolGood
- #9Bishop Cornish CofE VA Primary SchoolGood
- #10Blackwater Community Primary SchoolGood
- #11Blisland Primary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,055 (2024-25)
107th of 219 primary schools in Cornwall for spending per pupil
- #105St Kew Academy£7,070
- #106Harrowbarrow Primary Academy£7,069
- #107Bishop Cornish CofE VA Primary School£7,055
- #108Treverbyn Academy£7,025
- #109Mevagissey Community Primary School£6,993
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